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[[Image:Europamoon.jpg|right|thumb|Europa, a moon of Jupiter.]] | [[Image:Europamoon.jpg|right|thumb|Europa, a moon of Jupiter.]] | ||
| − | '''Europa''' is the fourth largest moon of [[Jupiter]]. Discovered by [[Galileo]], it has a diameter of 3,318 km (about 2,068 miles, which would make it slightly smaller than the Earth's [[Moon]]). It is surrounded by a layer of [[ice]], which makes it part of the search for [[extraterrestrial life]]. | + | '''Europa''' is the fourth largest moon of [[Jupiter]]. Discovered by [[Galileo]], it has a diameter of 3,318 km (about 2,068 miles, which would make it slightly smaller than the Earth's [[Moon]]). It is surrounded by a layer of [[ice]], which makes it part of the search for [[extraterrestrial life]]. There are almost no craters on Europa. |
==References== | ==References== | ||
John Gribbin, ''Companion to the Cosmos'' (Little, Brown & Company, 1996) | John Gribbin, ''Companion to the Cosmos'' (Little, Brown & Company, 1996) | ||
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| + | http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Jup_Europa | ||
[[Category: Astronomy]] | [[Category: Astronomy]] | ||
Revision as of 04:22, October 29, 2007
Europa is the fourth largest moon of Jupiter. Discovered by Galileo, it has a diameter of 3,318 km (about 2,068 miles, which would make it slightly smaller than the Earth's Moon). It is surrounded by a layer of ice, which makes it part of the search for extraterrestrial life. There are almost no craters on Europa.
References
John Gribbin, Companion to the Cosmos (Little, Brown & Company, 1996)
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Jup_Europa